Abstract: A battery module has an improved structure to improve safety when a thermal event occurs in the battery module. A battery module includes a cell assembly including one or more battery cells, a module case having an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, and an expansion member located in the module case, and configured to fill at least a part of an empty space in the module case by being expanded in volume when heat is supplied.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or more battery cells to store and release energy, each battery module further including an intake portion and an exhaust portion, an intake duct including an intake channel and communicating with the intake portion of each of the plurality of battery modules, and an exhaust duct including an exhaust channel and communicating with the exhaust portion of each of the plurality of battery modules. Each of the plurality of battery modules further includes an opening/closing member configured to close the intake portion when internal pressure increases.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus of an electrode for a secondary battery includes a transfer unit that transfers a current collector from an unwinder, a coating unit that applies an electrode active material to at least one surface of the current collector, a rolling unit that is arranged on the transfer unit and rolls the electrode active material layer composed of the electrode active material, and a pressing unit that is arranged adjacent to the rolling unit and presses the non-coated part of the current collector to which the electrode active material is not applied. The pressing unit includes a roll member and a ring assembly that is detachably coupled to the roll member and comes into contact with the non-coated part to press the non-coated part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode tab welding apparatus for welding electrode tabs of a pouch-shaped battery to each other in a state of gathering the electrode tabs using tab guides in a preliminary welding step of welding the electrode tabs to each other before welding the electrode tabs and an electrode lead of the pouch-shaped battery to each other and an electrode tab welding method using the same.

Abstract: A secondary battery manufacturing method injects large amount of electrolyte twice, and reflects the average value of the amount of firstly injected electrolyte into the amount of secondly injected electrolyte to allow electrolyte to be quantitatively injected in a short time. This can reduce the defect rate when manufacturing batteries such as a large-capacity secondary battery or a long cell model secondary battery in which electrolyte 200 g or more is injected, and can also better improve the performance of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A separator cutting apparatus includes: a fixing part configured to fix temporarily the electrode assembly; a cutter supporting part disposed above the fixing part; a cutter part disposed below the cutter supporting part, and configured to cut a separator among the electrode assembly temporarily fixed to the fixing part; and a spring part configured to connect elastically the cutter supporting part and the cutter part to each other, and return the cutter part to an initial position after cutting the separator; the spring part includes a spring bush coupled to a supporting shaft provided in the cutter supporting part and the cutter part, respectively, a spring holder integrally coupled to the spring bush, and a spring that expands and contracts according to the elevation of the cutter part by coupling both ends to the spring holder, and the spring holder and the spring bush are made of a non-metallic material.

Abstract: A secondary battery having improved impact resistance is provided. The secondary battery includes a battery case comprising an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated in an accommodation part of the battery case. The secondary battery satisfies following Equation (1): Equation (1): W/S?42. In Equation (1), W is an amount of electrolyte per unit capacity of the secondary battery [unit: g/Ah], and S is a product of a total length [unit: m] and a full width [unit: m] of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery system including: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, and a plurality of pressure sensing pads connected to the plurality of battery cells in parallel, and attached to external surfaces of the plurality of battery cells, and having resistance values which vary according to an applied pressure; and a battery management system (BMS) configured to derive a plurality of cell voltages for the plurality of battery cells, respectively, and determine that the battery pack is in an abnormal state when at least one of the plurality of derived cell voltages is equal to or less than a threshold voltage.

Abstract: A cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly having a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated defined as an electrode tab; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an opening and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion; an electrode terminal riveted through a perforated hole formed in a closed portion of the battery housing and electrically connected to the first uncoated portion; an insulating gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforated hole; and a cap plate configured to cover the opening of the battery housing. The electrode terminal includes a body portion; an outer flange portion extending along an outer surface of the closed portion exposed through the outer surface of the closed portion; an inner flange portion extending toward an inner surface of the closed portion exposed through the inner surface; and a flat portion provided on an inner side of the inner flange portion.

Abstract: A pouch-type battery case according to an embodiment of the invention may accommodate an electrode assembly, in which electrodes and separators are alternately stacked. The pouch-type battery case may include: a pair of recess parts, each of which has a recessed shape; a pair of terraces that are disposed around the pair of recess parts and are inclined downward in a direction closer to each other in a state; in which the battery case is unfolded; and a bridge disposed between the pair of recess parts, configured to connect the pair of recess parts to each other, having a pair of connection surfaces formed to be inclined upward from a bottom surface of each of the pair of recess parts in a direction closer to each other. In the state in which the battery case is unfolded, an angle formed by the pair of terraces may be an obtuse angle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to an electrode sheet drying device including a guide roller having a plurality of perforated holes formed on the outer circumferential surface, and the guide roller is configured to vacuum cling an electrode sheet to prevent an electrode sheet from being lifted from the guide roller during a drying process, thereby having an effect of mitigating the occurrence of creases in a non-coated part and preventing lifting of a current collector and the occurrence of cracks.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second uncoated region; a cap to cover an open portion on bottom of the battery housing; a first electrode terminal passing through a partially closed portion of the battery housing and being electrically isolated from the battery housing; and a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and connected to the first electrode terminal.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a secondary battery, which includes a pressing part configured to press a stack in which electrodes and separators are alternately disposed, wherein the pressing part includes: a main pressing part configured to press an entire surface of the stack; and a sub pressing part including a drum part configured to press a partial surface of the stack, on which an edge part of an electrode active material layer provided on each of the electrodes is disposed, on the entire surface, wherein the drum part includes: a body part having a rotational shaft; and an elastic part provided on an outer circumferential surface of the body part and configured to press the partial surface of the stack.

Abstract: A separator including: a porous polymer substrate having a plurality of pores; and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer comprises inorganic particles, core-shell type polymer particles having a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the core portion, and a binder polymer positioned on the whole or a part of the surface of the inorganic particles and core-shell type polymer particles to connect and fix the inorganic particles and core-shell type polymer particles with one another. The core portion has a glass transition temperature, Tg, higher than the shell portion in the core-shell type polymer particles. The ratio of the average diameter of the core-shell type polymer particles to the average diameter of the inorganic particles is 80% to 200%.

Abstract: A method of mounting a bus-bar frame includes: forming a plurality of cell lead blocks and a battery cell stacked body by alternately stacking a cell lead block and at least one battery cell; disposing a top cover with respective ends on which a bus-bar frame is installed so as to cover the battery cell stacked body; removing the lead blocks from a space between the battery cell stacked body and the bus-bar frame; and installing the bus-bar frame on the battery cell stacked body by rotating the bus-bar frame. The alternately stacking of the cell lead block and the at least one battery cell includes positioning an electrode lead protruding from each battery cell between neighboring ones of the cell lead blocks.

Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells respectively having a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; a cell frame at which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a lid coupled to the cell frame and having a flame outlet. The cell frame includes: a plurality of plate members bent and coupled to intersect each other; and a space formed between the plurality of plate members so that the cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed therein.

Abstract: A method for predicting the explosion pressure of a medium- and large-size cell module, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: (S100) deriving a profile (SOC-temperature profile) of the generation temperature according to a state of charge (SOC) of a medium- and large-size cell module to be predicted; (S200) mounting a small cell inside an explosion pressure measurement device; (S300) overcharging the small cell until an explosion occurs while heating the small cell in the same manner as the SOC-temperature profile derived in step (S100); (S400) measuring the pressure during the explosion of the small cell; and (S500) converting the pressure during the explosion of the measured small cell into pressure of a medium- and large-size cell module.

Abstract: A polymer for a gel polymer electrolyte, a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a polymer for the gel polymer electrolyte includes a copolymer having a main chain and a first side chain and a second side chain bonded to the main chain, wherein the main chain contains a fluoropolymer, wherein the first side chain contains a siloxane group and the second side chain contains an acrylic polymer. The polymer improves stability of a gel polymer electrolyte and a lithium secondary battery including the same.